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Stop This Monkey Business in China

Residents of Baowan village in China have for centuries relied on training performing monkeys to make money. And as the Year of the Monkey approaches, they are hoping for bumper business.
A much better approach to honor the monkey would be to set the monkeys free and stop enslaving them purely for business.

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A monkey rides a bicycle during a daily training session at a monkey farm in Baowan village JASON LEE/REUTERS